#38C581#38C581

#38C581 is a light, vivid teal. Relative luminance 0.424; OKLCH L 73.3% C 0.155 H 157.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.47:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#38C581
RGB	rgb(56, 197, 129)
HSL	hsl(151, 56%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(151, 72%, 77%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.6%, 0%, 34.5%, 22.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.12, -52.78, 23.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.12, 57.83, 155.88°)
OKLab	oklab(73.28% -0.143 0.0595)
OKLCH	oklch(73.28% 0.155 157.4)
XYZ	xyz(25.5571, 42.3553, 27.5931)
Luminance	0.4236 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	teal

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#38C581 #C5387C

analogous

#38C53B #38C581 #38C2C5

triadic

#38C581 #8138C5 #C58138

tetradic

#38C581 #3B38C5 #C5387C #C2C538

square

#38C581 #3B38C5 #C5387C #C2C538

split-complementary

#38C581 #C538C2 #C53B38

monochromatic

#1D6643 #2A9562 #38C581 #67D49F #96E1BD

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.22

#38C581 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.47

#38C581 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #38C581

9.47:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##38C581	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##38C581	1.00	2.22	9.47	9.47
#FFFFFF	2.22	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.47	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#C3B67D

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#B2A985

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C4B3

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #38c581;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(56, 197, 129);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(73.3% 0.155 157.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#81d8a6',
    500: '#38c581',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #38c581;
$custom-light: #81d8a6;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#38c581",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 56,
    "g": 197,
    "b": 129
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 151.064,
    "s": 55.731,
    "l": 49.608
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.73282,
    "c": 0.1549,
    "h": 157.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42358
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#38C581

secondary

#CD8CAB

accent

#4991DF

background

#F8FDFA

surface

#F0FAF4

border

#CBD3CE

text

#0C140F

muted

#7D837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #38C581

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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